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Red Hat talking to Microsoft, oh my

Blogs and new sites are abuzz about some comments that Red Hat CEO Matt Szulik made yesterday during its earnings conference call: the company has been talking to Microsoft.

Rhmsft The only news in there was that the firm had been approached by Microsoft before the software giant partners with Novell. But neither company has been very secretive about thee fact that they are in talks.

As far as these talks go, there doesn't seem to be much space for maneuvering. Red Hat has always said that it refuses to pay Microsoft for its intellectual property (read: patents), and is insisting that any interoperability is done through open standards.

Neither party seems to be getting any closer to a compromise, but you never know what might be worked out at the bargaining table.

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Szulik still singing the same old gospel

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